01-28-2012, 11:02 AM
But you guys keep going on about theft while no one is talking about manic money from this stuff. I think it's safe to say we all agree that MegaUpload was infringing. File sharing is different and here's how:
If you watch a YouTube video of your favorite band (or some brand new one) then in the new legislation, you are infringing. That is not what copyright law was intended to prevent.
- No one is sharing obscure texts or manuscripts and stealing from small time poets or other indie artists (and by no one I mean if it exists it's is very small scale) for profit or otherwise.
People share popular titles of movies and music mostly, and small torrents of eBooks don't last long in the public torrent sector because they aren't very popular.
- True file sharers don't accept compensation of any kind for the files that they share.
It isn't about making money, it's about sticking it to the man. Hollywood and their ilk aren't freaking starving, ya know.
- And the two stories that you guys hav shared are cases of infringement because someone has stolen your work and turned a profit from it.
If you watch a YouTube video of your favorite band (or some brand new one) then in the new legislation, you are infringing. That is not what copyright law was intended to prevent.